Call To Action | Just Transition: A New Social Contract for the Wellbeing of People and the Planet
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Call To Action | Just Transition: A New Social Contract for the Wellbeing of People and the Planet

On the occasion of the informal meeting of EU Ministers of Environment and Energy on 10-12 July 2023 in Valladolid (Spain), SOLIDAR and over 30 partner organisations are calling on the Ministers, as well as on other national and EU leaders, to create a New Social Contract and to place a socially and environmentally Just Transition at its heart….

Policy Brief: Enhancing Territorial Justice through the Territorial Just Transition Plans
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Policy Brief: Enhancing Territorial Justice through the Territorial Just Transition Plans

The acceleration of extreme weather events highlights more than ever the need for a transition towards a carbon-neutral economy and society. Yet, such a transition, which is needed within a span of just a few decades, is not without risks. Such upheavals could mean that workers in sectors undergoing rapid change could find their jobs threatened if nothing is done. As…

Civil society organisations work together to develop a spotlight report on Sustainable Development Goals
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Civil society organisations work together to develop a spotlight report on Sustainable Development Goals

As the EU prepares to publish its European Voluntary Review of the SDGs (EUVR), representatives of civil society organisations (CSOs) from a broad range of sectors across Europe came together to assess Europe’s SDG progress by contributing to the finalisation of a civil society spotlight report. More than 40 civil society organisations from across Europe…

Visit of La Ligue de l’Enseignement to SOLIDAR : Articulating progressive solutions to unprecedented crises
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Visit of La Ligue de l’Enseignement to SOLIDAR : Articulating progressive solutions to unprecedented crises

What are the solutions to the environmental, social and democratic crises? Which alliances and campaigns progressive movements should put in motion in the context of the 2024 European elections? These questions guided the visit of SOLIDAR’s member organisation La Ligue de l’Enseignement, one of France’s largest organisations in non-formal education, to the SOLIDAR network in Brussels,…

Why adopting the Social Climate Fund is the right choice for the EU – Joint statement by social and climate NGOs
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Why adopting the Social Climate Fund is the right choice for the EU – Joint statement by social and climate NGOs

Ahead of the vote in the plenary session of the European Parliament on 18 April 2023, 17 entities, including NGOs working on social and climate issues and green business, published a joint statement in support of the Social Climate Fund, the first EU Fund specifically dedicated to provide financial support to vulnerable households, transport users and micro-enterprises in the…

Empowering vulnerable groups in the green economy – Workshop report
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Empowering vulnerable groups in the green economy – Workshop report

In March 2023, SOLIDAR, the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) and the Open Society Foundations organised a workshop on ‘Empowering Vulnerable Groups in the Green economy’ with experts from a wide range of organisations to identify relevant gaps in research and policy and to propose measures to better support people in vulnerable situations and underrepresented groups in…

Social Goals for the European Green Deal – How can we ensure a Just Transition?
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Social Goals for the European Green Deal – How can we ensure a Just Transition?

In light of global warming, the occurrence of extreme weather events, the radically growing energy prices and the EU’s dependence on oil and gas, now more than ever, we must strengthen all efforts to make the transition to a carbon-free and sustainable economy and society a reality in Europe and beyond. However, the transition to…

The Leaders’ choice: advance the Green Deal peace project or go back to 20th century – EEB and SOLIDAR Joint OpEd
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The Leaders’ choice: advance the Green Deal peace project or go back to 20th century – EEB and SOLIDAR Joint OpEd

December 12 2022 Ahead of the next European Council, which is taking place on 15 December 2022 in Brussels, EEB and SOLIDAR call on political leaders in Europe to recognise that the European Green Deal is a peace project that promotes energy and materials independence, strengthens social, economic and environmental resilience, and, if designed properly, enables a Just…

Event report – Stakeholder meeting on Territorial Just Transition Plans
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Event report – Stakeholder meeting on Territorial Just Transition Plans

December 1 2022 Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS), CEE Bankwatch, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), WWF EU Policy Office and SOLIDAR organised, on 30 November, a stakeholder meeting aiming to assess the state of the Territorial Just Transition Plans and discuss how their implementation can ensure more inclusion, transparency and strategic advancement of a Just Transition in Europe….